11.   Never having been pressured to get straight As, he had never got them.

12.   So here comes Powell, straight as a sentry, with character his principal calling card.

13.   She was just sitting there, all alone, straight as a ramrod, as though she was afraid to breathe, as though she was afraid to move.

14.   The hungry dinosaurs have the ability to sign Olajuwon straight up as a free agent, with no need for a sign-and-trade arrangement.

15.   The red croquet ball zipped across the field, swift and straight as a cannonball, stopped only by a wall at the perimeter.

16.   The words were never as straight as his fastball.

17.   They sent Seth crisp dollar bills when he lost a tooth and when he made straight As on his report card.

18.   Thurmond stands as straight as a young cadet at The Citadel, though he moves somewhat stiffly.

19.   Try to bend the pipe only at the center, and keep the ends as straight as possible.

20.   We look straight down as chips of ice fall off his boots and spiral straight down to the blue abyss.